Chapter 153 Hao's Pharmacy
It's already dawn.
Unfortunately, the Black Wind Horse was gone, so they had to walk. Xiaoyi followed Ye Chen, looking around curiously, asking various questions from time to time, such as monsters, mysterious beasts, etc., but many times Ali patiently answered him.
With Xiaoyi, Ye Chen felt that there was an extra translator between him and Ali. In the future, Ye Chen would not have to guess what Ali said.
Listening to Xiaoyi and Ali talking about monsters and mysterious beasts, the language between monsters was also unique. Ye Chen listened to the words in it. With his learning ability, it may not take long before he could learn beast language.
When they arrived in a small town, they went to a restaurant for a meal. Ye Chen immediately bought two more horses and made dozens of cattle and sheep. After the chef cooked it, he put it into the arm guard space. He saw Xiaoyi's appetite. Xiaoyi never chewed food, and she swallowed it in the gully. In the blink of an eye, the whole sheep was eaten, and there was no abnormality in his stomach.
Such a young child, but with such an amazing appetite, could attract onlookers everywhere. Ye Chen dared not stay in the town, so as not to be regarded as a monster, and he left the town after buying good things.
Following the official road, they headed towards the imperial capital.
The official road was full of peddlers and barracks, leading mules and horses, transporting goods. After asking, they all went to the imperial capital. This official road was not the main road, so there were already so many people traveling between the imperial capital and all over the country. You can imagine the prosperity of the imperial capital.
"Brother Ye Chen, Sister Ali said that the raccoon cat clan is different from ordinary monsters and mysterious beasts. Generally, raccoon cats will transform when they grow three tails. The later they learn to transform, the higher their talent. She doesn't understand why she grows to six tails and has not yet learned to transform." Xiaoyi said with a cunt while eating lamb legs.
"Ye Chen nodded and said, so that's the case. It seems that Ah Li's talent should be very high among the raccoon cat clan.
"Sister Ali said that she wanted to learn how to transform earlier." Xiaoyi said.
"Why? Didn't it mean that the later the transformation, the higher the talent?" Ye Chen was stunned for a moment, looked at Ali, but saw that Ali's cheeks were slightly red. She was indescribably charming and charming. Her heart was thrilled.
Xiaoyi opened her eyes wide, looked at Ali curiously, and then looked at Ye Chen. Why did Brother Ye Chen suddenly stop talking? Why did Sister Ali suddenly become shy? The world of adults is really difficult to understand. Woooo, lamb legs are so delicious.
After following Ye Chen, Xiaoyi almost had endless lamb legs and beef along the way. He felt so happy. It was so nice to follow Ye Chen and Sister Ali, and he had meat to eat every day!
They passed through five counties. The imperial capital was already far away. Along the way, they walked the official road, but nothing happened. After chatting with the peddlers and pawns and seeing everything along the way, Ye Chen had a general understanding of the situation of the Xiwu Empire.
Among these counties, Donglin County is quite good. Several counties have severe rebellion due to the shortage of food. The princes sent large troops to suppress and killed millions of rioters. Many villages and towns have been empty in nine out of ten households, and on both sides of the official road, they often see some starving people to death.
In troubled times, human life is like grass.
Ye Chen sighed slightly in his heart. With his ability alone, he could not change so much. As long as he was not assimilated by this world, maintained his original heart and had a clear conscience.
From time to time, a large group of cavalry in silver armor rushed past. Apart from clearing the bandits and refugees on the official road, these cavalry did not do anything to these people who sold goods, nor did they plunder money. It can be seen that there is still some order here.
Perhaps Yin Mengtian said it well, Emperor Wu of Ming was still a good emperor, but this dynasty had become corrupt from its roots. The Seiwu Empire once produced many talents and was considered a powerful country among the surrounding countries. However, it quickly declined in the past seven or eight hundred years. After the war with the Barbarian Kingdom, the Seiwu Empire was on the verge of collapse.
Following a caravan, you can see a magnificent city wall hundreds of meters high built against the mountain from a distance.
"I'm here and I'm here, and I'm here!" The people in the caravan shouted loudly. They came from different places, and they slept in the open along the way. Some walked for several days, and some even walked for half a month or even longer. They finally arrived at their destination. How could they not be excited?
Ye Chen followed the caravan, paid two cents of entry fee, and entered the pass.
There were a large number of troops stationed in the pass. Every one or two meters near the city wall was a tall soldier wearing silver armor, with no squint eyes and mighty military appearance.
I don’t know which general was stationed in this pass, so I still have a good way of governing the army.
After entering the pass, I saw a large area of continuous houses. These houses were a little dilapidated, with people coming and going, and those licensed peddlers and barons resting here. Therefore, there were many restaurants, inns, and even large brothels everywhere. There were many women wearing powder on the street, waving silk handkerchiefs to attract merchants.
This place is indeed much more prosperous than Donglin County.
"Brother Ye Chen, is this the imperial capital? There are so many people in the imperial capital, more than our town!" Xiaoyi opened his mouth wide and said excitedly. Along the way, due to the improvement of food, Xiaoyi has grown into a chubby little fat man, with a round face and tender face, just like the Fuwa in the New Year pictures, and looks very cute.
"This place is just before the pass, and the horse will have to run for half a day before it can reach the imperial capital. It is much more prosperous than here." Ye Chen smiled and said.
"Ah? Isn't this the imperial capital yet?" Xiaoyi opened his eyes wide. In his opinion, this place was already very prosperous.
There are all kinds of fresh things on the street, and there are all kinds of things. Ye Chen has never seen many things. There are many stalls on the street selling herbs. Ye Chen's soul swept over. Most of these herbs are very ordinary and have a low age. Some are better than ordinary herbs, but for Ye Chen, it is useless at all. These herbs are only for ordinary people to use and are used for alchemy, but they are not enough.
I don't know if I can find some good things here.
Shenhun swept over a medicine shop and felt something good there. Ye Chen turned around and said, "Ali, Xiaoyi, let's go to the medicine shop in front to take a look."
After walking along the street for a while, I saw a grand shop on the street with flags fluttering in front and the words "Hao's Pharmacy" written on it.
The Hao family? Could it be the Hao family of Xijing?
Ye Chen once heard from his father and uncle that the Hao family in Xijing was the largest family in the Xiwu Empire except for the royal family. The Hao family has produced many talents. To this day, there are many tenth-level strong people in the family, and there are several intermediate and senior pharmacists, one of them seems to be learning the way of alchemy from Sylphy Medicine.
Ye Chen came to buy medicine, and he didn't bother to pay attention to Hao's background. Ye Chen's arm protection space contained a total of 300,000 Qi Gathering Pills and more than 5,000 Qi Gathering Pills. What is this concept? A prince, if he converted all his assets, he would be able to make up 100,000 Qi Gathering Pills and Qi Gathering Pills. Ye Chen had more Qi Gathering Pills and Qi Gathering Pills on hand than the sum of more than a dozen princes, and it would be more than enough to buy the entire Hao family! This money was made by the Ye family's buying and selling Ganoderma lucidum, and there would be even greater investments in the future!
Any good herbs that you have, you can buy them and stuff them into the arm guard space. You may be able to use them in the future. It depends on whether there is anything that he likes in the Hao family medicine shop.
Ye Chen stepped into Hao's pharmacy shop. The shopkeeper was a middle-aged man, about forty years old, strong and tall, and he was obviously a cultivator, an eighth-level top master, sitting behind the counter drinking tea leisurely, dozens of guys were busy all the time.
In the Hao family, generally, the children of the poor family are sent outside to manage the family industry. An eighth-level top master was sent here to see the store, which shows the background of the Hao family!
There are people coming and going in the medicine shop, and many people are taking medicine here. Most of them buy ordinary herbs, and some precious herbs are placed in an iron cabinet behind the counter. After scanning the soul, they find that there are many good things in it.
The iron cabinet was built in a very solid manner and was equipped with a heavy lock. It is conceivable how much Hao's Pharmaceutical Shop attaches great importance to those precious herbs!
Hao's herbs were sold throughout the Seiwu Empire. They collected a lot of herbs every year, including some precious herbs. Some things they didn't use, so they put them in the store. The pharmacists of the Seiwu Empire were regular customers of Hao's pharmacy shops.
Although there are dozens of customers in this store, none of them bought precious herbs from Hao.
In such a huge Hao family medicine shop, you may not encounter one transaction for a few days when you cherish herbs, but once you encounter one, it is enough to be worth the sum of the income from the transaction of ordinary herbs for several months!
Ye Chen walked towards the counter where he cherished herbs. When the shopkeeper saw Ye Chen, his eyes lit up. He had seen many things here. When he saw Ye Chen, he knew that Ye Chen was a martial arts cultivator, and the raccoon cat he carried with him should be a two- or three-level monster. The money spent on buying and selling elixirs and herbs was often dozens or hundreds of times that of ordinary guests.
"This guest, are you going to buy something, or pawn elixirs or herbs?" The shopkeeper stood up and said politely, "I am Hao Xu, a disciple of the Hao family in Xijing." As he spoke, he looked at Ye Chen and guessed Ye Chen's origin.
"Can you pawn elixirs and herbs be here?" Ye Chen asked in surprise, but he didn't expect that Hao's Pharmacy had this business.
"Yes, our Hao's Pharmaceutical Shop collects all kinds of rare herbs and elixirs, and the prices are fair." Hao Xu said, frowned slightly. Ye Chen didn't even know this. He was probably a child of a small family from some remote areas.
Only in ordinary big business can Hao Xu take action personally. Ordinary small business can be treated by a client, but since Ye Chen has been received, Hao Xu is still calm.
Chapter completed!